POLITICO's Jonathan Allen to Bloomberg

1/15/14 12:24 PM EST

Bloomberg News has hired Jonathan Allen, POLITICO's White House bureau chief and the co-author of a forthcoming book about Hillary Clinton, to cover the White House and Clinton's likely 2016 presidential bid.

"In his time in Washington, Jonathan Allen has covered the White House, carried out a prize-winning investigation into favoritism in how Congress doled out taxpayer money and been a frequent contributor on many TV shows. And in his spare time, he co-wrote a book about Hillary Clinton's political rebirth at the State Department, due out February 11," Craig Gordon, Bloomberg's deputy managing editor in Washington, wrote. "Now Jon has a new home: the Bloomberg Washington Bureau, where he'll join the team covering the White House and report on the 2016 presidential campaign."

Allen and Amie Parnes, of The Hill, are co-authors of a forthcoming book on Hillary Clinton's tenure at the State Deptartment and beyond. The authors received full cooperation from Clinton's team, including extensive interviews with her aides and advisers and, in a rare achievement, a sit-down interview with the former secretary at her home. (An excerpt from the book was published by POLITICO Magazine on Sunday.)

At Bloomberg, Allen will join a growing body of political reporters dedicated to Clinton's highly anticipated campaign, including Amy Chozick at The New York Times. POLITICO's Maggie Haberman has also dedicated a significant amount of her reporting to Clinton's activity, including a landmark report on Clinton's shadow campaign earlier this month.

POLITICO has yet to make a formal announcement regarding Allen's departure. Bloomberg's Gordon formerly served as an editor at POLITICO, where he worked with Allen.